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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 07, 2015
Rarecyte, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Campton, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua Nordberg, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Steve Quarre, Woodinville, WA (US);
David Stewart, Seattle, WA (US);
Ronald Seubert, Sammamish, WA (US);
Jonathan Lundt, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Lance U'Ren, Seattle, WA (US);
RareCyte, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for retrieving a target material from a suspension. A system includes a primary vessel, such as a tube, a collector, and a two-part seal including an internal pliant part and an external constricting part. The internal pliant part may be a float and the external constricting part may be a sealing ring. The system may also include a processing vessel, such as an Eppendorf tube, a syringe or a test tube. The collector is sized and shaped to fit into a primary vessel and funnels the target material from the suspension through a cannula and into the processing vessel. In one implementation, the processing vessel includes at least one displacement fluid to be expelled, such that the at least one displacement fluid pushes the target material into the collector.